Collection Scope and Content Note

Indentures, bonds, mortgage notes, farm survey maps, stock and financial reports, wills, newspapers, and family photographs of various members of the Cook family of Kirkland, Oneida County, N.Y. Other documents are Chauncy Cook's army appointment and discharge papers (1824-1828) and other personal papers including his mss. will (July 27, 1868); Constable Curtiss' expense list for serving warrants and subpoenas (1856); political items; Cook family genealogical items; and obituaries for Cook and Hart family members.